Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
LEGO are universal world-building units and a popular gateway into architecture. Of course, you can build almost anything with them, cars, spaceships, you name it, but buildings of all kinds — from police-stations to castles — are some of the most popular subjects. What makes LEGO so appealing to young, and not-so-young architects? What, specifically, makes them a good analogy for the design of buildings? In this episode, Stewart purchases a box of LEGO and uses it as a springboard to talk about what he’s learned from the toy block system. From lessons on modularity and proportion, to grammar and resolution, to compositional categories of additive and subtractive, the video breaks down how these fundamental concepts apply to both LEGO and to the history and design of architecture.
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LEGO are universal world-building units and a popular gateway into architecture. Of course, you can build almost anything with them, cars, spaceships, you name it, but buildings of all kinds — from police-stations to castles — are some of the most popular subjects. What makes LEGO so appealing to young, and not-so-young architects? What, specifically, makes them a good analogy for the design of buildings? In this episode, Stewart purchases a box of LEGO and uses it as a springboard to talk about what he’s learned from the toy block system. From lessons on modularity and proportion, to grammar and resolution, to compositional categories of additive and subtractive, the video breaks down how these fundamental concepts apply to both LEGO and to the history and design of architecture.
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![The Free Plans of Le Corbusiers Architecture [Villa Savoye]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JBRmGUbUj3Y/mqdefault.jpg "The Free Plans of Le Corbusiers Architecture [Villa Savoye]
In this video, we take a close look at the Free Plans of Le Corbusiers architectural design strategies. As part of his Five Points of architecture, we examine how the columns and walls work together in this particular type of open concept. Le Corbusiers buildings like the Villa Savoye help to illustrate these concepts as we compare them to the Organic Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. Specifically, the ribbon window is compared to the corner window of Wright and Le Corbusiers Promenade Architectural to the diagonal movement of organic architecture.
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![The Unexpected Views of the LOST Slow House [Diller+Scofidio]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MfhGVDlzSCE/mqdefault.jpg "The Unexpected Views of the LOST Slow House [Diller+Scofidio]
Welcome to the Slow House, Diller and Scofidio’s (now Diller, Scofidio and Renfro) first building commission for Long Island, in NY. The crescent-shaped slug doppelganger was a pivotal design for the firm — and architecture at large — when it was first revealed in 1990. However, the building was never built, living only through its extensive catalog of models and drawings. In this video, the Slow House is digitally reconstructed, analyzed and explored to discover unique elements lurking in its design that can only be revealed through a first-person experience. From delayed million-dollar views, to CCTV feeds of the water, to dozens of operable plywood doors and shades, the house is truly a machine for viewing. And now, you can view it for yourself.
**Clarification** Theres a moment toward the beginning that sounds like Im saying the predictions are pathetic but Im actually saying prophetic, meaning accurately predicting the future. Its almost the opposite....
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
01:49 Timeline
04:33 Analysis
06:24 3D Modeling
07:06 Exploration
09:29 Conclusion
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Architecture with Stewart is a YouTube journey exploring architecture’s deep and enduring stories in all their bewildering glory. Weekly videos and occasional live events breakdown a wide range of topics related to the built environment in order to increase their general understanding and advocate their importance in shaping the world we inhabit.
About Me
Stewart Hicks is an architectural design educator that leads studios and lecture courses as an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also serves as an Associate Dean in the College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts and is the co-founder of the practice Design With Company. His work has earned awards such as the Architecture Record Design Vanguard Award or the Young Architect’s Forum Award and has been featured in exhibitions such as the Chicago Architecture Biennial and Design Miami, as well as at the V&A Museum and Tate Modern in London. His writings can be found in the co-authored book Misguided Tactics for Propriety Calibration, published with the Graham Foundation, as well as essays in MONU magazine, the AIA Journal Manifest, Log, bracket, and the guest-edited issue of MAS Context on the topic of character architecture.
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![The Only 5 Ways to Organize a Building [Form, Space, and Order]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NPP9okr65yQ/mqdefault.jpg "The Only 5 Ways to Organize a Building [Form, Space, and Order]
This episode of Architecture with Stewart explores the only five ways of organizing the plan of a building, at least they are the only ones according to Francis Ching as listed in the canonical text Form, Space, and Order. Each of the five: central, linear, radial, clustered, and grid, offer unique benefits and opportunities to architects, clients, or visitors. Some of the strategies are reserved for formal ceremonial buildings, while others are better for providing less rigid and more organic exploration by occupants. Some yield complete and autonomous forms while others can shrink or grow at ease. However, every single building is, in some way, a combination of these five basic strategies. Using paper cutout shapes, plastic human figures, and representative examples from history and recent constructions, Stewart demonstrates the value and possibilities of each organizational strategy.
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